Shen Zhiyi, citing that she had never had children and needed time to adapt and develop a relationship with them, did not bring the children to live with her. The two children lived in the old lady's courtyard.

Song Yuxiu escorted her back to her room, his face full of displeasure: "Zhiyi, how could you have agreed to that?"

"The doctor has said that I am fully recovered and we will definitely have our own child."

“I don’t want two children of unknown origin to be my son and daughter.”

...

Shen Zhiyi's eyes were filled with coldness.

That's truly shameless.

“That child is already calling you ‘Daddy,’ which shows that you two are destined to be together,” Shen Zhiyi said with a smile.

"I'm sorry you had to go through all this." Song Yuxiu put his arm around her shoulder, his eyes full of tenderness. He said a few more intimate words to her before making an excuse to attend to official business.

He said he was going to the study, but in reality he went to the old lady's courtyard to see the children.

Shen Zhiyi saw the child again during lunch.

The baby girl was too young, so after drinking her milk, she fell asleep with her wet nurse, while the old lady personally fed the baby boy with a spoon.

"Your grandfather and mother-in-law discussed it and came up with names for the two children: Song Chengying for the boy and Song Ru for the girl." The old lady looked at Shen Zhiyi and asked, "What do you think?"

"It's fine," Shen Zhiyi said with a smile.

"Ying-ge'er, how about you call her Mother from now on?" the old lady said with a smile.

Yingge held a slingshot in his hand and looked at Chen Zhiyi.

Pick up the slingshot—

"Bang!"

A pebble was launched at Shen Zhiyi, but it was not accurate enough. The pebble hit her and then landed in the soup bowl in front of her, splashing soup onto her dress.

The Song family members were stunned, but he burst out laughing, "Bad!"

"Bad woman!"

"Hit her, hit her, beat her to death!"

"What are you doing!" Hongrui instinctively protected him.

"You wicked slave! You lowly servant!" Yingge raised his slingshot and threw it at her, hitting Hongrui's arm.

He burst out laughing instantly!

Shen Zhiyi's face instantly turned completely black.

She always felt that children are like blank slates, but bad genes can be inherited, and some children are really born with a dark background!

For example, this child, as he grew older, was spoiled by the Marquis's family, and he caused quite a bit of trouble.

“Brother Ying.” Song Yuxiu frowned.

"Ah—" He suddenly burst into tears, reaching out to knock the bowl and plate in front of him to the ground, spilling food and soup all over the floor.

He cried for his mother and wet nurse, causing chaos in the Song family.

Before Shen Zhiyi could react, Madam Chen suddenly stood up and slapped Hongrui across the face, saying, "You little slut, you scared my grandson."

“Madam, he was the one who threw pebbles at my young lady first,” Hongrui said, feeling wronged.

"So what? How old is Ying-ge? Are you really going to hold a grudge against a child?" Madam Chen glanced at Chen Zhiyi. "Zhiyi, what do you say?"

“It’s just that Hongrui is being immature. What could a child possibly do wrong?” Shen Zhiyi said.

"If you frighten my precious grandson again, I'll skin you alive," Chen warned harshly. At Shen Zhiyi's prompting, Hongrui stepped aside, head bowed, not daring to utter a sound.

Everyone in the Song family was focused on the child, and no one even noticed when Shen Zhiyi left.

"Girl!" Hongrui covered her face. "Children are innocent and cute, but this child is a terrible seed."

"Does your face hurt?"

"It's alright for me, it's just that you, young lady, have been wronged."

Shen Zhiyi smiled slightly, "Let's go, let's go out and buy some things for the children."

“You…” Hongrui was furious.

She went out and bought a lot of things, mostly children's clothes and toys, many of which were quite expensive.

Some busybodies asked about it, assuming she was pregnant.

Shen Zhiyi smiled faintly, "I'm not pregnant. It's just that two children are going to be adopted by me. As a first-time mother, I can't let them suffer. I always want to give them the best."

The invitations to the family reunion banquet from the Marquis of Xuanhua's residence have been widely sent to the residences of many high-ranking officials and dignitaries in the capital.

Wen Qing went directly to their door, saying, "Shen Zhiyi, are you stupid? Even if you want to adopt children into your own name, you can choose from the collateral branches of the Shen family. These two children have unknown origins. What were you thinking?"

"It's not from some unknown source; my grandmother brought it back!"

“I think that boy looks about 70% like Song Yuxiu. You should keep a close eye on him.”

"Sister Wen, I know what I'm doing."

...

Seeing that she was unyielding, Wen Qing left in a huff.

The news quickly reached the palace, and the Empress Dowager sent someone to invite her, saying she missed her, so Shen Zhiyi entered the palace.

"I heard you want to adopt children?" The Empress Dowager frowned. "I've heard a bit about your affair with Song Yuxiu. You're still young. As long as you take good care of your health, you'll definitely have your own children. It's too early to adopt children."

Because Chen searched far and wide for infertility remedies for her, everyone assumed that she was infertile.

"Your Majesty, I have made my decision." Shen Zhiyi lowered her head slightly.

"Never mind," the Empress Dowager sighed.

"Your Majesty, do you remember the promise you made to me before?"

"Have you decided what reward you want?"

"Yes." Shen Zhiyi nodded. "This humble woman would like to humbly request Your Majesty..."

**

By the time they left the palace, it was already dusk. Shen Zhiyi instructed Hongrui to send a servant back to the Marquis's residence: "Tell them I'm not going back tonight. I need to go back to the Duke's residence to get some things as gifts for the two children to recognize their parents."

The Duke of Zhenguo's mansion has countless treasures, so the Song family assumed she was going back to retrieve some of them, and were naturally delighted.

During this period, Shen Zhiyi was busy with the family reunion banquet, personally handling all the matters and even using the power of the Duke's Mansion to send out invitations widely.

Everyone in the capital said she was virtuous and that Song Yuxiu was lucky.

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